The Brookhaven leader., 1887-09-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Il.
COUNT MITKIEwICZ, who clai MS to have
secured Chinese financial concessions of
fabulous value, is the subject of severe
criticism in the New York Sem, Post and
other papers 1t is alleged that he is a big
amlst, swindler and an impostor of the
most dangerous type.
THE monument to the memories of Gen
erals McCulloch, McIutosh and Slack on
the geld of Pea Ridge, Ark, was unveiled
recently by Ex-Governor Lubbock, of
Texas
THE President on the 9th appointed Sam
uel L. Williams, Of Maryland, to be United
States Secretary OF Legation at Brazil. He
also signed the commissions OF the follow
ing naval officers: ID. Brainc, to be Rear
Admiral; George Brown, to be Commo-
| Gore; Ii. B. Roteson. to be Captain, and B.
F. Tllley and B. S. Richards, TO be Licuten-
ants Commanders.
Ex-Governor WILLIAM AITKEN died on
the 1th at Flatrock, $. c., aged eighty-one.
He was Governor of South Carolina
| and Congressman from 1851 to 1851. He
was the largest STAKEHOLDER IN the State be-
| fore the war He opposed notification and
secession, and took no part in politics after
leaving Congress.
ACTING SECRETARY THOMPSON recently
opened the fifth lot of proposals for the sale
of Al per cent. bonds to the Government.
The aggregate was $?,615, 800 at from l.0S -
TO l10. The tenders were all rejected as too
high.
The opening meeting Of the Ohio Demo;
| cratic party commenced at Hamilton on the
9TH by an address from Hon. Thomas E.
Powell, candidate for Governor.
| THE Irish Catholic Benevolent Union at
"a hn ~ oil ha fOll
! ing officers: President, Michael Glennan,
Of Norfolk, Va first vice president, j. j.
Behan, Kingston, Pa; Sc ,ond vice presi-
dent, Rev. Father William Walsh, of Mem
| phis; secretary, Martin J. Griffin, of Phila-
dephia; treasurer, Rev. james Henry, of
st. Louis; executive committee, Walter
! Walsh, of st. Louis; William II. Kelly,
Columbus, O.; NJ. Il. Harlow, Alexandria.
| Va.
DELEGATES from about sixty labor and
| political organizations of sociahstic tenden-
ces met in New York recently and formed
a new political party in opposition to Henry
George. 1t is to be known as the Progress
sve Labor party.
| JUDGE WILLIAM S. GARDNER, of the SUI
preme Court Of Massachusetts, has resigned
and Judge Marcus 7. Knowlton, of the
! Superior Court has been named as has sue
! cessor.
| REV. MR. DoANE, the American mission
| ary imprisoned at Manila, has been released
! by the Spanish Government.
THE United Labor party Of New York
State have arranged for 240 mass meetings
this fall-Henry George, DR.. McGlynn, the
Rev Hugh Pcntecost and DR.. Houghton
will speak.
SIGNoR BoTTINI succeeds the late Pre-,
mier Depretis in the Italian Chamber OF
! Deputies.
COLONEL THOMAS o. SULLY, aged seventy
ex-chief cotton inspector Of the New Or
| leans Exchange, killed himself recently by
/ drowning.
! EX-CoNGREssMAN A. G. TALBOT, of Ken
tUcky, died suddenly at the home OF his
| father-in-law IN Philadelphia on the 9th.
| REV THOMAS EDWARDS, an aged minister
of Pittsburgh, Pa, who disappeared mys
teriously several weeks ago and was
thought to have been murdered, has been
heard from in Wales.